93: Chapter 75, I’ll collect my eldest brother’s corpse!

93: Chapter 75, I’ll collect my eldest brother’s corpse!

“You all stop fighting, I’ll take this apprentice.”

Everyone’s eyes widened as they looked at Shang Xiulin.

Aren’t you the ever-busy Dean Shang?

Aren’t you the unparalleled gentleman Shang Xiulin?

Since when do you stoop to such face-losing acts?

The young Ancient Martial instructor, Ran Ran, couldn’t accept it and stepped forward to argue, “Dean, how many years has it been since you last taught a student?

Do you still know how to teach?

You’re so busy every day, when do you have time for students?

If you take him and can’t mentor him, wouldn’t that be wasting a good seedling?

Why are you competing with us for students now?”

The other teachers silently applauded her in their hearts.

“Good point, young lady!”

“Young people are so full of vitality, ready to fight and compete.”

“Authority is there to be challenged, Mr.

Ran has done a splendid job…”

——

Shang Xiulin gave Ran Ran a glance and said, “Who says I can’t mentor?

When I started teaching students, you weren’t even born yet.

Chen Yuzhi, Zhao Deqian, Wang Youling, Shang Henshui, Bai Longzhen…

these are all my students, haven’t I mentored them well?”

“…”

Now Ran Ran was at a loss for words.

Chen Yuzhi is now the third in command of the Empire’s finances, Zhao Deqian is the deputy head of the Monitoring Bureau, Wang Youling is the head of agriculture, and Shang Henshui is his biological son, currently a high-ranking member of the Flame-Bathed Legion.

Bai Longzhen is a famous Grandmaster in the Star Sky, rumored to be on the verge of breaking through to the Great Grandmaster Realm…

If you say a teacher like this can’t mentor students, where does that leave the faces of the other teachers?

Sure enough, there was a chorus of coughs from the crowd.

Just now, those teachers who loved watching the excitement and didn’t think matters could get too big were desperately giving Ran Ran signals, telling the young lady not to speak anymore, not to further embarrass herself…

And the embarrassment was not just hers, but all of ours.

“Besides, I’m taking an apprentice, not a student…” Shang Xiulin corrected.

“What?”

Everyone at the scene widened their eyes at Shang Xiulin.

“Dean Shang wants to take Little Fatty as his apprentice?”

“That’s impossible, right?

How many years has it been since Dean Shang took on an apprentice?

It’s said that when the prodigious youth Shen Xingyu enrolled, he knelt in front of the dean’s door for three days, and the dean still didn’t accept…”

“This must be ancestral fortune smiling down on him…

what’s so special about this kid?”

“Didn’t you see he was brought in by Zhong Yu and Xiu Xue?

Is he from the Royal Family?

I’ve never heard of that.”

“He does look rather like Royal Family…

just look how plump he is…”

——

“Dean, you want to take him as your apprentice?” Ran Ran asked incredulously.

As teachers, they knew the difference between a student and an apprentice better than anyone else.

Students are the masses, the public.

A class can have thirty students or even fifty.

If they go to other classes to substitute teach, then the students of those classes are also their students.

But an apprentice is different, an apprentice is unique, bound by deep ties…

There’s an old saying, “Once a teacher, forever a father.” An apprentice should honor their master as they would their father.

Likewise, the master should take responsibility for their apprentice as if they were their own child.

An apprentice of Shang Xiulin of the Imperial First Military Academy?

Shang Xiulin has been teaching for decades with students all over the place, and his fellow disciples are now scattered throughout the courts and fields…

This kid is probably destined for the stars, isn’t he?

The others also looked at Shang Xiulin with curiosity.

When had this old guy changed his ways?

Previously he was impervious to pleas; countless wealthy families wanted to send their children to be his apprentices…

His reply was always a cold and indifferent: No time.

Now how does he suddenly have the time?

“Only I know how he should be trained,” Shang Xiulin spoke up.

After a moment of silence, he added uncertainly, “I think I shouldn’t be wrong about that.”

Shang Xiulin knew that Little Fatty’s path was completely different from other cultivators.

Or rather, he was on a path that nobody had ever walked before.

If it proved successful, he would be the founder of a whole new school, a Grandmaster of a new generation…

Of course, he couldn’t say these words aloud.

Because it was simply too astonishing.

And besides, some people find delight in crushing geniuses and miracles…

“Heh, congratulations to Dean Shang…” Ran Ran’s facial muscles twitched, her smile extremely forced.

There’s no competing, no competing at all.

Dean Shang has invested too much, and there were probably few in the entire Phoenix Empire who could compete with him…

“Congratulations to Dean Shang on gaining a beloved disciple…

We should have a good feast for this, shouldn’t we?”

“It should be the kid who holds the feast…

What teacher throws a banquet for their student?”

“The moment I saw Little Fatty…

what’s his name again?

I felt he looked extraordinary, a real dragon among men.

Now that he has caught Dean Shang’s eye…

it proves my own judgment is indeed quite unique…”

——

Shang Xiulin ignored the flattering words of those teachers and said to Ran Ran, “His situation is special, he still needs more social interaction…

I’ll arrange for him to be in your class, you take him under your wing…”

“…” Ran Ran.

Her chest ached.

You recruit the guy as an apprentice but put him in my class, how am I supposed to treat him now?

Do I pamper him like the dean’s illegitimate child?

Besides, I’m a teacher, not a nanny…

If this student is educated successfully, who does he belong to, you or me?

Wait, Ran Ran suddenly discovered something new, this situation wasn’t as utterly useless as she had thought.

If this student really is cultivated successfully by the dean, becoming a martial arts genius like Bai Longzhen…

Wouldn’t she be his second teacher?

Besides, he is the dean’s apprentice, so if she frequently visits the dean’s house to report on Little Fatty’s cultivator progress and living conditions, and makes home visits even when there’s no issue, wouldn’t her relationship with the dean’s family also become closer?

Thinking this way, Ran Ran suddenly felt this opportunity had a lot of potential.

“Don’t worry, Dean.” Ran Ran assured, patting her full chest and saying, “In my class, I will take great care of Gong Shulei.”

“Dean, I think our class could also…”

“I too can care meticulously for Little Fatty…”

“I can cook for him, accompany him in the Gravity Room every day for practice…”

——-

Other teachers weren’t fools either, naturally knowing this was a plum position; they all started vying for it.

“Just like that, it’s decided,” declared Shang Xiulin with finality.

His gaze turned toward the direction of the Gravity Room.

To what extent could this kid grow?

Right, there’s another assessment target…

Could it be that Xiu Xue wasn’t lying, that both of these guys were young heroes rarely seen in heaven and unmatched on earth?

“Rarely seen in heaven and unmatched on earth” were the Princess’s exact words.

At that time, he didn’t believe her.

Now, he was starting to look forward to the other kid a little.

Shang Xiulin looked at Zhao Lin and asked, “Is there another test?”

Zhao Lin, the deputy head of the Martial Arts Hall, nodded and said, “To get into the Ancient Martial Department, one must go through an assessment…”

“That Tang Fei is a Cultivator, his strength has reached the realm of controlling Qi…

so, he must participate in the assessment as a Cultivator…”

“Got it,” nodded Shang Xiulin in understanding.

Little Fatty didn’t understand cultivation; it was a backdoor entry for him, requiring only a strength display in the Gravity Room.

But he never expected to give everyone such a huge surprise.

Tang Fei was different; he was already a Cultivator, and a rather powerful one at that, in the realm of controlling Qi…

Hence, he must enroll as a Cultivator.

Hearing that there was another student to be assessed, the eyes of many Ancient Martial Department teachers immediately lit up.

Just now, Little Fatty mentioned how he had always been proud of his older brother…

It seemed that this brother was even more outstanding…

No, this must be fought for!

It must be contested!

“Is it that young man who was standing aside just now?

He looks mature and steady, very much in line with my teaching style,” said Chen Meng aloud.

“I think he’s the flexible and adaptable type with cunning and intelligence in his eyes that you all didn’t notice…” Qu Bo immediately expressed his ‘desire’.

“Young people like him need an experienced teacher for guidance to avoid taking detours…

I’ve been in the business for nearly twenty years now, that makes me a senior among you all, doesn’t it?” Chao Xianghui once again displayed his seniority.

“Dean Shang has already happily taken on a favored student; surely he wouldn’t want this one as well, huh?” Wang Yang felt that it was best to unite against the strongest threat first, just in case Dean Shang jumped out to say ‘I still want him’.

Ran Ran wanted to compete too, but she realized that with Little Fatty as a ‘burden’, it would seem somewhat greedy to ask for more.

But what woman would want to call a halt?

So, she looked at Shang Xiulin pitifully…

‘Dean, look at me, I’ve taken the fall for you; you should give me some compensation, right?’

Her eyes probably conveyed such an attitude.

Shang Xiulin ignored their squabbling and Ran Ran’s pleading look, saying, “Let’s see.”

After Little Fatty passed out, Tang Fei and Phoenix rushed to the entrance of the Gravity Room immediately.

At the same time, Chen Bing, the head of the Martial Arts Hall, and the medical staff stationed at the hall quickly arrived as well.

Chen Bing touched Little Fatty’s heart and pulse, finding a strong and vigorous heartbeat and immediately feeling relieved.

“It’s just fainting due to exhaustion…”

Chen Bing said while channeling a gentle stream of Yin Yang Qi into Little Fatty’s body.

Meanwhile, the medical staff used various instruments to check all of Little Fatty’s physical data.

After the inspection, they told Chen Bing and Tang Fei, “The patient’s body functions are weak; he needs to rest for a while before he can wake up…”

Before they finished speaking, Little Fatty opened his eyes, saw Tang Fei and Phoenix in front of him, and grinned foolishly.

“…”

The medical staff were hurt.

Don’t you know this makes us lose face?

Are you a sunflower that blooms with sun and opens your eyes with a bit of Yin Yang Qi?

“Bro…

I thought…

I would never see you again…” Little Fatty said weakly.

“Impossible,” Tang Fei held Little Fatty’s hand and smiled, “You’re younger than me, so you’ll die after me.”

“Good.

I die later…

I will…

handle the aftermath for big brother…” Little Fatty said.

“…”

Tang Fei knew Little Fatty’s intentions, but those words…

Were they a bit unpleasant?

Little Fatty was okay, and Tang Fei’s mind was finally at ease.

He walked up to Shang Xiulin and asked, “Is it my turn now?”

Shang Xiulin nodded his head, looking at Tang Fei and saying, “I’m looking forward to seeing just how outstanding the brother, who is his younger brother’s pride, truly is.”

“I won’t disappoint him,” Tang Fei said.

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